Cylindrical box.



PATENT-ED SEPT. 17, 1907-.

w. H. STOUT. GYLINDRIGAL BOX. APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1906.

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WILLIAM HENRY STOUT, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CYLINDRIGAL BOX- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1'7, 1907.

Application filed May l7,1906. Serial No. 317,258.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HENRY SroU'r, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CylindricalBoxes; and I do declare the following to be a iull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cylindricalknock-down boxes especially designed for the shipment of cheese.

The objects of the invention are first, to provide such box having afeature of air-tightness which adapts itfor the shipment of cheese andthe like. Secondly, to provide a box which may be shipped with the partsdisunitcd so that the greatest amount of space is utilized in theshipment, such box being easily united or put together by unskilledlabor and without the use of machinery. Thirdly, to provide a box havingthe above desirable features, and in addition thereto the feature ofinexpensiveness.

To the foregoing ends my contains the structural features and inafterset forth and claimed.

In the drawings hereto-annexed-Figure 1, is a plan view of a continuousblank or sheet of veneering which forms the cylindrical wall of the box.Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the completed box with a portion of theimproved cylindrical box the utility as herecover broken away. Fig. 3,is a sectional elevation of the box with united parts.

In a detail description of the invention, similar reference charactersindicate corresponding parts.

The box is of cylindrical form, the surrounding wall thereof beingconstructed from a continuous oblong sheet 1 of veneering of suitablethickness to meet the requirements of a cheese box. This blank or sheet1 is preferably constructed of wood but any suitable material other thanwood may be utilized. In the opposite longitudinal edges of said blankthere is provided a multiplicity of projections or tongues 2 which areprovided by cutting a similar number of intervening notches 3 throughoutthe length of the blank. The extreme ends of said blank at thelongitudinal edges terminate in half tongues 2 These tongues 2 and 2enter a similar number of slots 5 that are provided around thecircumferential edges of the disks from which the cover 4 and the bottom8 of the box are formed, said top and l l l bottom 4: and 8 being ofcircular form and are of uniform diameters. The intervening cuts ornotches 3 provide a series of shoulders 7 which abut with the shoulders6 on the inner sides of the top and bottom of the box, and thus said topand bottom are suitably spaced and held with the tongues 2 projectingthrough the slots 5 and lying flush with the outer sides of said top andbottom 4 and 8. Surrounding and secured to the cover 4 and bottom 8 arehoops 9 which form outer inclosures of the slots 5, and these hoopsextend down around the exterior wall of the box a suitable distancebelow the shoulders '7 when placed in position.

In assembling the parts, to-witthe blank 1 and the top and bottom, thesaid blank is bent by hand while dry, .into a cylindrical form with theedges 1 abutting; the two extreme half tongues 2 form a tongue ofsimilar dimensions to the tongues 2,

and are placed in a slot 5 in the bottom 8; the hoop 9 on said bottomholding the cylinder from spreading. The tongue formed by the two halftongues 2 act as guides for the insertion of the other tongues 2 on thatedge of the blank into the remaining slots 5 in said bottom. The box isthen formed and is ready to receive the contents to be packed forshipment. The cover 4 is then placed in position by alining the slots 5therein with the tongues 2 on the upper end of the cylinder and pressingsaid cover down to permit of said tongues en tering said slots. The boxis then ready for securing the top and bottom by a suitable number ofnails 10. The hoops 9 are united to the disks forming the top and bottomwhen the box is ready for shipment in its knockdown form so that thereare but three parts to said box.

I claim:

A collapsible cheese box having a cylindrical body formed of veneering,the top and bottom ends of which are provided with alternate tongues andrecesses, a circular top and bottom the circumferential edges of whichare provided with alternate tongues and recesses to receive andinterlock with the tongues and recesses in the ends of the body and tothus form joints consisting of uniform circles of interlocking tonguesbetween said body and said top and bottom, and a band around the top andbottom securely locking the connections between the top and bottom andthe ends of the box, said bands extending inwardly around the body ofthe box from the points of connection between said body and the top andbottom, and whereby the ends of saidbox are reinforced by said bands inaddition to said top and bottom'being maintained inrigid interlockingconnection with the body of the box.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, 'in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY STOUT.

Witnesses CAROLYN M. THEOBALD, Ma'r'rnnw Snrsnnn.

